Funding Of €337,000 For Local Environmental Initiatives
Funding of €337,000 has been allocated to local authorities by Mr. Phil Hogan, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to fund projects under the Local Agenda 21 (LA21) Environmental Partnership Fund 2012.
- Matching funding by local authorities will bring shared potential partnership funding to €674,000.
- The Fund promotes sustainable development by assisting small scale, non-profit environmental projects at local level.
- Eligible projects are those that will support and complement, at a local level, national environmental policies such as those on Waste, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Air, Water and Sustainable Development.
- Completed application forms should be returned to the relevant local authority at the latest by 11 July 2012.